DEVELOPING ENGLISH READING MATERIALS OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT FOR THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF OFFICE ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM AT SMK YAYASAN WANITA KERETA API (YWKA) MEDAN

The objective of this study is to develop suitable descriptive text materials for
reading skill, for office administration students. It was found that descriptive text
materials provided in the students’ textbook were not suitable to the needs and
interests of office administration students. This research was conducted based on
educational research and development (R&D) through five steps, namely:
gathering data, analyzing data, developing descriptive text materials, validating
descriptive text materials, and revising descriptive text materials. The subject of
this study was X-AP students at SMK Yayasan Wanita Kereta Api (YWKA) and
the instruments used to collect the data were questionnaire and interview. Based
on the needs analysis conducted there were 3 descriptive texts related to office
administration developed. These developed descriptive text materials had been
validated by experts. The average scores are 4.46 from English Lecturer and 4.5
from English Teacher. It means that developed descriptive text materials for
reading skill are suitable for tenth grade students of office administration.